Tuesday, 23 May 1865
The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of Major General George Gordon Meade is part of the two day Grand Review of the Federal armies--a victory parade--held in Washington, D. C., along Pennsylvania Avenue to help boost the divided nation's morale. From the Capitol to the White House, crowds lined the streets, children sang patriotic songs, and the men marched. In the bright summer air, the Army of the Potomac had come home to the appreciation of the north. It was also the first time since President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination the previous month that the Stars & Stripes had been at full staff.
Starting at 10 a.m., Major General Meade led the procession. Regiment by regiment, brigade by brigade, division by division, corps by corps, the army made one final review. President Andrew Johnson was joined by Lieutenant General Hiram U. Grant, senior military leaders, government officials and Cabinet members in the reviewing stand. When Meade arrived at the reviewing stand, he dismounted and joined the president and others in the six-hour review of his 80,000 plus troops. Major General William T. Sherman’s Army of the Tennessee and the Army of Georgia would participate in the review the following day.
A pro-Union Virginia government is set up at Richmond.
Federal troops scout from Pine Bluff to Monticello, Arkansas, with a skirmish breaking out at Monticello, as the Yankees pursue a party of Confederate partisans under Captain Kidd who have not yet surrendered.
Major General William B. Hazen assumes the command of the Federal 15th Army Corps in Florida.
Union soldiers scout from Thibodeaux, Louisiana, by way of Brule passing through Labadieville to Lake Verret, Louisiana.
Federal cavalry scouts from Warrensburg, Missouri, to the mouth of Coal Camp Creek, near the Osage, as the Yankees track partisan guerrillas accused of killing a dozen discharged soldiers and citizens in Hickory and Benton Counties.
Skirmishing occurs 10 miles northwest of Waynesville, Missouri, as the Yankees attack a band of partisan guerrillas, inflicting casualties.
The U.S.S. Azalea, commanded by Acting Master Frederick W. Strong, seizes the British brig Sarah M. Newhall, attempting to put into Savannah with a cargo of West Indies produce. She had cleared from Inagua, Bahamas, ostensibly for New York.
The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of Major General George Gordon Meade is part of the two day Grand Review of the Federal armies--a victory parade--held in Washington, D. C., along Pennsylvania Avenue to help boost the divided nation's morale. From the Capitol to the White House, crowds lined the streets, children sang patriotic songs, and the men marched. In the bright summer air, the Army of the Potomac had come home to the appreciation of the north. It was also the first time since President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination the previous month that the Stars & Stripes had been at full staff.
Starting at 10 a.m., Major General Meade led the procession. Regiment by regiment, brigade by brigade, division by division, corps by corps, the army made one final review. President Andrew Johnson was joined by Lieutenant General Hiram U. Grant, senior military leaders, government officials and Cabinet members in the reviewing stand. When Meade arrived at the reviewing stand, he dismounted and joined the president and others in the six-hour review of his 80,000 plus troops. Major General William T. Sherman’s Army of the Tennessee and the Army of Georgia would participate in the review the following day.
A pro-Union Virginia government is set up at Richmond.
Federal troops scout from Pine Bluff to Monticello, Arkansas, with a skirmish breaking out at Monticello, as the Yankees pursue a party of Confederate partisans under Captain Kidd who have not yet surrendered.
Major General William B. Hazen assumes the command of the Federal 15th Army Corps in Florida.
Union soldiers scout from Thibodeaux, Louisiana, by way of Brule passing through Labadieville to Lake Verret, Louisiana.
Federal cavalry scouts from Warrensburg, Missouri, to the mouth of Coal Camp Creek, near the Osage, as the Yankees track partisan guerrillas accused of killing a dozen discharged soldiers and citizens in Hickory and Benton Counties.
Skirmishing occurs 10 miles northwest of Waynesville, Missouri, as the Yankees attack a band of partisan guerrillas, inflicting casualties.
The U.S.S. Azalea, commanded by Acting Master Frederick W. Strong, seizes the British brig Sarah M. Newhall, attempting to put into Savannah with a cargo of West Indies produce. She had cleared from Inagua, Bahamas, ostensibly for New York.
